Thanksgiving Studio Tour

Gabriola Island — the “Isle of the Arts” — has the sixth highest concentrations of artists in Canada (Hill Strategies Report, 2011). And while every day is a celebration of art on this lush and lively island, on Thanksgiving weekend the festivities reach dizzying heights. Read more…

Healing Power of the Arts

The Gabriola Arts Council is offering another six-week arts-based support program for those who are living with or recovering from cancer. This program offers a safe space to share experiences and support one another, develop tools for self-help and self-empowerment and for reducing anxiety, stress and isolation, and having fun with creative expression. Art Therapists Liz McKnight, DVATI, M.Ed. and Jaki Deer, DIP. Cat, MA will be facilitating. There is no charge for this program, which is funded in part through a generous bequest from Kitty J. Heller. Read more…

The Isle of the Arts Festival features a fantastic series of workshops, presentations, events and discussions on all things artistic, with a focus on Gabriola’s cultural heritage and a program of events guaranteed to get your creative juices flowing. Another successful festival enjoyed by so many people!

The Gabriola Arts Council acknowledges with gratitude that we are on the traditional and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation.

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Originally formed as Festival Gabriola Society on April 15, 1997, the organization became the Gabriola Arts Council effective October 19, 2006. We are a not-for-profit society under the Society’s Act, and a charitable organization under the Charities Directorate. Read more »